A Brahman's kris with golden grip, Bali, 19th century. Slightly curved blade of bog ore iron, with beautiful pamor, ridged at the point and with a fluted root. Gold-inlaid ganja with floral decoration on both sides and a golden, gem-set mendhak. Gold grip (gerantim style) hammered in a checkerboard pattern and with a decorative eyelet on the pommel. The scabbard made of two different woods with set off wrangka. Total length cm. Rare kris with a blade-form which was reserved especially for Brahmans. historic, historical, 19th century, Indonesian archipelago,

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